Decentralised finance (DeFi)
Franklin Templeton’s great DeFi migration
TradFi’s money and DeFi’s tech will inevitably combine, says asset manager’s futurist-in-residence
CFTC’s Mersinger wants new rules for vertical silos
Republican commissioner shares Democrats’ concerns about combined FCMs and clearing houses
Ace high or busted flush? Digital Asset and the big bet on DLT
Blockchain pioneer’s bumpy journey raises questions over future of distributed ledger technology in finance
Optimal allocation to cryptocurrencies in diversified portfolios
Asset allocation methods assign positive weights to cryptos in diversified portfolios
On-chain FX’s brave new world excites some, worries others
Trading tokenised versions of currencies on blockchain could slash settlement risk but sceptics raise concerns over liquidity and pricing
Podcast: Artur Sepp on rates volatility and decentralised finance
Quant says high volatility requires pricing and risk management models to be revisited
Isda’s fork provision gives crypto market plenty to chew over
Not everyone is happy with the discretion new digital definitions offer to calculation agents
Crypto gets to grips with interest rate swaps
New derivatives provide synthetic access to staking yields and are being used in structured products
Crypto structured products come of age
After some growing pains, the space is now offering the type of structures seen in TradFi equities markets
Podcast: Lipton on (un)stablecoins and FX market-making
Veteran quant has long warned about fundamental flaws in algorithmic stablecoins
Crypto market-maker B2C2 weighs US swap dealer registration
Isda AGM: Move would see firm become second crypto trading outfit to obtain designation
Crypto ‘Wild West’ needs a new sheriff – Iosco chief
Isda AGM: Moloney says it’s time to take crypto seriously, and firms need to find a way to engage with regulators
Automated market-making for fiat currencies
A framework to exchange fiat currencies on-chain consistently with off-chain prices is presented